📩FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) regarding the Ordinals Mail Standard.

: Why create the Ordinals Mail Standard?

A: Perhaps the best way to innovate is simply by reinventing the wheel with the adaptation of new and immerging technology.

Q: What is Ordinals Mail?

A: Ordinals Mail is a new standard for messaging between Bitcoin users via the Ordinals Protocol. It allows users to send and receive messages as Ordinals inscriptions, which are delivered to the recipient's BTC Wallet supporting Taproot based SegWit addresses.

Q: How do I use Ordinals Mail?

A: To send Ordinals Mail, you simply need a BTC wallet and balance to remit transaction fees. You can then send messages as Ordinals inscriptions by inscribing the syntax outlined in the documentation. To receive Ordinals Mail, you need to have a Bitcoin wallet of SegWit format that supports Taproot based addresses (OrdinalsWallet, Sparrow, X-Verse, etc). The Ordinals Mail Standard syntax will enable future web 3 communication and application development via the Ordinals Protocol.

Q: What kind of messages can I send with Ordinals Mail?

A: You can send any kind of message you like using Ordinals Mail. The content of the message is up to the user and is decentralized, so there is no control over what is or is not inscribed to the blockchain. Ordinals Mail / Inscribe Email takes no responsibility on the data or messages inscribed by users using the OMS standard.

Q: Is Ordinals Mail private?

A: The Bitcoin blockchain is completely public, so there is limited privacy unless messages are encrypted when inscribing. To offer Private Ordinals messaging, we plan to enable Encryption and Decryption features on the Ordinals Mail inscribing solution, Inscribe Mail. Until then, Bitcoin is Free Speech, after all.

Q: Can I send attachments with Ordinals Mail?

A: Yes, you can send attachments with Ordinals Mail. The syntax for attaching on-chain inscriptions to a message is outlined in the documentation.

Q: Is there an Ordinals Mail Inscription Tool I can use?

Ordinals Mail will be releasing a Mail inscription solution (Inscribe Mail) to assist users in sending Ordinals Mail. Inscribe Mail will plan to feature sender/recipient verification, Sats name validation, and reply functionality. Inscribe Mail will be one of the first use cases and utility tools adapting Sats Names as an identifier alias for the sender and recipient of the messages.

Q: Is there an Ordinals Mail client I can use?

A: Currently, there is no Ordinals Mail client available. Later, we plan to develop an Ordinals Mail application interface to assist users with viewing, filtering, categorizing and organizing your Ordinals Mail. We hope to lead the way to web 3 communication with the Ordinals Mail Standard and growth of future Web 3 Mail applications.

Q: What are Sats Names?

A: Sats Names are an experimental syntax and naming convention that can be used as an alias for BTC SegWit wallet addresses when sending and receiving Ordinals Mail inscriptions. Sats Name ownership runs on a First is First policy. Sats Name indexer finds the first sats name registration based on ordinal inscription number. Sats Names are not case-sensitive. For more information on Sats Name indexing, read their Indexer FAQs.

Q: What happens if a Sats Names changes ownership?

A: Sats Names can change ownership at any time, as they are often Bought, Sold or Traded with emerging marketplaces and atomic swap capabilities. Therefore, we have concluded that the BTC SegWit wallet address should be used for validating senders/recipients under the Ordinals Mail Standard. The experimental syntax to include Sats Name as an alias, serves as a useful utility for lookup, matching and labeling purposes only.

If using Inscribe Mail services; The Sats Name API does not currently track ownership changes of Sats Names, although it may be planned for future updates. Sats Names and SegWit addresses should be double checked and validated by the sender before inscribing mail.

What happens if a user has multiple Sats names?

If using the Ordinals Mail Standard with experimental sats name syntax, you are free to choose any Sats Name associated with a BTC SegWit address (holding a valid Sats Name inscription) for alias purposes. If you are using the Inscribe Mail inscription service, the inscription tool will select the first valid Sats name with the lowest number # inscription held under the BTC SegWit address as the default alias.

Q: Who owns the message, the sender or the receiver?

A: Messages inscribed under the Ordinals Mail Standard are delivered to the recipients BTC SegWit Address; therefore, the recipient is the owner of the inscription/message they have received from the sender. We are Not Lawyers and this is NOT legal advise; nevertheless, it is our opinion that users' communicating via the Ordinals Mail Standard should use common sense and (unless encrypted) avoid inscribing any messages that may include private, confidential, or copyrighted material.

Q: Who's behind Ordinals Mail?

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Q: How can I support Ordinals Mail?

You can support Ordinals Mail by using the Ordinals Mail Standard to inscribe messages! You can further support us by using our Ordinals Mail Inscription service, Inscribe Mail, when released.

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